Adjustable shade support



Feb. 6, 1923. 1,444,463

E. .1. HUGHES ADJUSTABLE SHADE SUPPORT Fi led Feb. 4, 1922 1 ye a it oiEARL JcI-IUGHES, 0 EELIM'LIREE, QHIO.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE SUPPORT.

Application filed February 4-, 1922.

Be it known that I, EARL J. Hnonns, a citizen or the United States ofAmerica, and residentof Bellaire, county oi? Belmont, and State oi Ohio,have invented cer ain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable ShadeSupports, of which the following is a specification This inventionrelates broadly to shade supports, and it has for its primary object toprovide a support or -mounting; for the ordinary forms of bracketsemployed for supporting window shades, such. support being designed topermit of adjustment of the brackets to suit shades of different widths.

A further object is to provide a mounting for shade supporting brackets,which is designed to be permanently attached to a wincrow casing andupon which the brackets may be adjusted from time to time to meet therequirements of shades of varying widths, thus obviating the marring ofthe casing ordinarily incident to shifting the position of suchbrackets.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a front elevation oi theinvention, applied to a window casing, showing the bars elevatedsomewhat above their normal positions.

Figure 2 is an enlarged edge view of the invention; and

Figure 3 is an end view, partly in broken section, the section beingtaken substantially on line 33, Fig. 1.

Referring to said drawings, 1 indicates each of two oppositely disposedwall plates adapted to be secured, as by screws 3, in an appropriateposition upon a window oasing 4. Short outwardly directed arms 6 formedon each of said plates have their outer ends bent or curled to form eyeportions 5 which are located in vertical alinement and which haveremovably mounted therein a vertically disposed pin 7. The oppositelydisposed pins 7 have mounted thereon intermediate the arms 6 theopposite ends of two horizontally disposeol fiat bars 8 of sheet metal,one located above the other, said ends being more or less loosely curledinto embracing relation to said pins so as to be relatively movable uponthe latter for properly positioning lon itudinal slots 9 provided insaid bars for t e reception of bolts 10 ivher'eby the base of a shadeSerial No. 534,032.

supportingbracket, as ll, may mounted upon said bars.

As is manifest. the lower bar a i nor-- mally disposed with its endsrestirw' upon the lower eye portions The per of said bars 8 may beadjusted reiatii'e to the lower bar to suit brackets 11 oi sizes. Thebracket may be adjusted. ally along the slots 9 of said bars to suitshades of widely varying widtl 2 Suitable washers, as 12, Fig. -3, arepreferably cmployed under the heads of the attaching, bolts 10, and nuts2 are carried by said bolts for securing the bracket in adjustedposition.

What is claimed is- 1. A mounting for shade brackets, comprising;oppositely disposed wall plates, vertical pins carried by said plates,and parallel members mounted upon said pins said members having slotsfor the reception of bracket-attaching bolts and in which said bolts arelaterally adjustable.

2. A mounting for shade brackets, comprisin 0o ositel dis osed walllates ver a. b i y 7 tical pins carried by said plates, parallel membershaving their ends mounted on sand 'pins, said members being relativelyadjustable on said pins, and means adjustable laterally upon saidmembers whereby a shade bracket may be attached to said members.

3. A mounting for shade brackets, con prising oppositely disposed platesfor mount ing upon a window casing, a vertically disposed pin carried byeach 01. said plates at a distance from the plane of the faces thereof,a pair of transverse bars mounted. and adapted for relative verticaladjustment upon said pins, said bars having therein parallel slots, andbracket attaching means adjustably mounted in said slots.

4. A mounting for shade brackets, comprising oppositely disposed platesfor mounting upon a window casing, outstanding arms formed on each ofsaid plates, said arms having vertically alined eye portions, pinsmounted in said eye portions, a pair of transverse bars mounted andadapted for relative vertical adjustment on said pins, and bracketattaching means mounted upon and adapted for lateral adjustment alongsaid bars.

5. A mounting for shade brackets, comprising oppositely disposed platesfor mounting upon a window casing, a of out standing arms formed eachsaid 1Q rate lee the arms of each plate being located adjiaoent to theupper and lower ends 01 the latter and having vertically alined formedin the outer ends thereof, pins mounted vertically in said eyes a pairof transverse bars mounted upon said pins between. the arms of saidplates, the lower of said bars having its ends resting; upon the lowerarms said bars having therein longitudinal slots, and brmzket-attachingbolts directed through and adjustable in said slots.

6. A mounting for shade brackets comm-is ing oppositelydisposedsheet-metal plates for mounting upon a WlH(.lOW casing a pair f integraloutstanding Vertically-aimed arias carried byeaeh or" said plates, saidarms liavingtheir ends bent to form vertically alined eyes, a pinmounted in the eyes on"? each pair or arms, a pair of horizontallydeposed sheet-metal bars having their ends loosely coiled about andvertically movable upon said pins each of said bars having a,longitudinal slot therein for the reception of bracketettaching boltsand in which said bolts are horizontally adjustable. In testimonywhereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' EARL J. HUGHES. Witnesses:

H. E. DUNLAP, (Elms. A. SoHLIoK.

